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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was told directly by a Deal English teacher that they were told to cut books in favor of short common lit passages. The only book assigned all year in 7th grade was Brown Girl Dreaming. Neal’s been around forever. Why she doesn’t use her position to advocate for strong curriculum is beyond me. The people downtown haven’t taught in years (if they’ve taught at all). We should be pushing back against their nonsense. [/quote] They don’t want a strong curriculum. I was told at a Deal open house 4 years ago that they don’t have much homework because “equity.” Writing a paper requires homework as does reading an actual novel. [/quote] Yep, this is the problem in DCPS is that standards are lowered instead of equity. They lower the top in the achievement gap instead of more support for the bottom and raising the bottom. [/quote] typo because not instead[/quote]
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